Manager, Product Software Engineering - Mobile
About The Position
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a cross-platform mobile team building innovative experiences on Disney+. You will manage a team of iOS and Android engineers delivering features that bring new ways for millions of users to discover and enjoy content on their phones. This is a unique opportunity to shape the direction of an exciting product area with a recently expanded roadmap and high organizational visibility. You will partner closely with product, design, backend, and data science teams to deliver polished, performant experiences at massive consumer scale. We value strong technical judgment, clear communication, and leaders who are energized by building great teams and great products.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of related work experience
- Bachelor's degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities to ensure effective growth and development of team
- 5+ years of production experience with at least one major mobile platform (iOS with Swift/SwiftUI or Android with Kotlin)
- Experience with mobile application development lifecycle and software delivery practices
- Significant experience leading teams and managing people
- History of writing high-quality code, tests, and documentation
- Ability to successfully manage teams dispersed amongst multiple time zones
- Proven experience in monitoring, supporting, and improving application availability and reliability
- Demonstrated successful partnership with cross-functional counterparts including product, design, and backend
- Exemplify diversity, inclusion, and belonging in leadership
- Ability to navigate complex corporate environments and influence key stakeholders and partners
Nice To Haves
- Experience with both iOS and Android development ecosystems
- Experience with video playback technologies and media frameworks (AVFoundation, ExoPlayer, or similar)
- Experience with short-form or feed-based content experiences
- Well-versed in mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, Composable Architecture, or similar)
- Experience recruiting, developing, and leading teams in the streaming or media field
- Experience working on systems at a massive consumer scale
- Experience working with global / distributed teams
- Familiarity with content recommendation systems or personalization features
- Experience with mobile performance optimization and instrumentation
Responsibilities
- Lead engineers delivering engaging features, spanning content playback, presentation, navigation, and personalization, in a fast-moving product area with ambitious goals.
- Provide meaningful technical guidance to your team while also staying focused on team health, delivery, and cross-functional alignment.
- Act as a role model for the engineering team.
- Identify project, people, and organizational challenges and facilitate well-thought-out solutions to them.
- Seek out leadership opportunities to improve processes and do it with finesse and a positive attitude.
- Help your team navigate a rapidly evolving product space.
- Meet regularly with direct reports and guide them along their career path.
- Build a phenomenal cross-platform team and comfortable closing top talent.
Benefits
- A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
